Top 250 Tv Shows Like My American Wife

A list of the best tv shows similar to My American Wife. If you liked My American Wife then you may also like: Highlander: The Series, McLeod's Daughters, Merlin, The Musketeers, Plim Plim, A Hero's heart and many more great tv shows featured on this list.

Highlander: The Series

Duncan MacLeod cannot die -- he is a 400-year-old immortal, who has seen his share of humanity's history. Still, he risks his life in battle against other immortals and tries to save people from harm.

McLeod's Daughters

When Jack McLeod passes away, his two daughters inherit Drovers Run, a vast cattle ranch in the Australian outback. Ultimately, Tess and Claire decide to run the ranch together, with their housekeeper, Meg, her teenage daughter, Jodi, and a local girl, Becky. Their lives are hard and the obstacles many, but the rewards are every bit as grand as the wild open land they've inherited.

Merlin

The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.

The Musketeers

Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an elite band of soldiers who fight for what is just. They are heroes in the truest and most abiding sense – men that can be trusted and believed in to do the right thing, regardless of personal risk.

Plim Plim, A Hero's heart

Plim Plim, Hero´s heart, is an Argentine animated television series created by Que Lindo Entertaiment and Smilehood, broadcast on Disney Junior for all Latin America. The pre-release was aired on September 21, 2011 and was officially launched on October 1 of the same year. This animated series consists of 7-minute-long episodes and its main goal is to promote human values such as solidarity, honesty, responsibility, early habits and respect for the environment. This series is inspired from and based on the teachings of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar the founder of Art of Living Foundation.

Spirit: Riding Free

In a small Western town, spunky ex-city girl Lucky forms a tight bond with wild horse Spirit while having adventures with best pals Pru and Abigail.

The Mists of Avalon

The Mists of Avalon is a 2001 miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Marion Zimmer Bradley. It was produced by American cable channel TNT and directed by Uli Edel.

Lalola

Lalola was an Argentine television Comedy show that aired from 28 August 2007 to 29 April 2008. It was broadcast by TV channel América 2. It starred Carla Peterson and Luciano Castro as protagonists.

Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish

Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish, also known simply as Destinos, is an educational television program created by Bill VanPatten, who was, at the time, Professor of Spanish and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. The show, designed to introduce viewers to the basics of Spanish, had two seasons, beginning in 1992. Its 52 episodes are often used for educational purposes in schools and are still broadcast regularly on many PBS stations, as well as many local channels. Destinos was produced by WGBH Boston and funded by the Annenberg/CPB Project, with additional funding by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

Casados con Hijos

Argentine re-make of American television series Married... with Children. It follows the Argento family and their lives.

The Goldbergs

The Goldbergs is a comedy-drama broadcast from 1929 to 1946 on American radio, and from 1949 to 1956 on American television. It was adapted into a 1948 play, Me and Molly, a 1950 film The Goldbergs, and a 1973 Broadway musical, Molly.

Home Run Derby

Baseball's greatest hitters slug it out in a champ-against-champ duel on a match play basis.

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

The Adventures of Jim Bowie is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956 to 1958. Its setting was the 1830s-era Louisiana Territory. The series was an adaptation of the book Tempered Blade, by Monte Barrett. The series stars Scott Forbes as the real-life adventurer Jim Bowie. The series initially portrayed Jim Bowie as something of an outdoors-man, riding his horse through the wilderness near his home in Opelousas, where he would stumble across someone needing his assistance. He was aided by the Bowie Knife, his ever-present weapon. He designed it in the first episode, The Birth of the Blade.

Algo habrán hecho

Algo habrán hecho is a documentary film for television that narrates the history of Argentina. It was created by the argentine historian Felipe Pigna, who acted as presenter. In the first two seasons Mario Pergolini was a co-presenter of it, but after giving up on all works on television his role in the documentary was taken by Juan Di Natale. Di Natale and Pergolini were by that time co-presenters of the talk show Caiga quien caiga. Di Natale pointed that he wasn't meant to act as if he was Pergolini, but the script writers wrote instead the scripts based on his own personality. The first season, aired in 2005 on Canal 13, narrates the history of Argentina from the british invasions of the Río de la Plata to the fall of Juan Manuel de Rosas during the Battle of Caseros. The second season, aired in 2006 on Telefé, resumes the narration from that point and continues up to the suicide of Leandro N. Alem in 1896. The third one, aired in 2008 on Telefé, resumes as well from the end of previous season and ends with the meeting of Juan Domingo Perón and Eva Duarte at the Luna Park during a fund-raising to help after the San Juan earthquake.

Clarissa

Clarissa is a 1991 British period drama television miniseries starring Sean Bean, Saskia Wickham and Lynsey Baxter. It aired on the BBC in three hour-long episodes between 27 November and 11 December 1991. It was based on the 1749 novel Clarissa by Samuel Richardson.

Violetta

A musically talented teenager returns to her native Buenos Aires with her father, Herman, after living in Europe for several years, navigating the trials and tribulations of growing up.

The Far Pavilions

Adapted from M.M. Kaye's best-selling novel, this dramatic HBO miniseries follows two star-crossed lovers -- the young British officer Ash (Ben Cross) and the betrothed princess Anjuli (Amy Irving) -- as they face daunting odds in their quest to be together. Set in India during the time of the British Raj, this haunting (and BAFTA-nominated) love story features spectacular scenery and an epic saga of battle, treachery and intrigue.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal

When aspiring duelist Yuma meets Astral, a mysterious visitor from another universe, it seems like destiny. Yuma needs Astral to teach him how to duel, and Astral needs Yuma to help him regain his memories! They would be dueling’s greatest tag team…. except they don't get along! This dueling duo better get their act together quickly because ZEXAL is a whole new duel with greater challenges than ever before! Fantastic new monsters! Powerful new cards! Augmented reality-powered duel technology! Together, it takes dueling to the next level!

En Terapia

En Terapia is a 2012 Argentine remake of In Treatment. The main actors of the 2012 season are Diego Peretti, Julieta Cardinali, Germán Palacios, Ailín Salas, Dolores Fonzi, Leonardo Sbaraglia and Norma Aleandro. The second season added Carla Peterson, Gonzalo Slipak, Roberto Carnaghi and Luisana Lopilato.

El puntero

El Puntero was a 2011 Argentine miniseries, produced by Pol-Ka and starred by Julio Chávez and Gabriela Toscano. "Puntero" is a word from Argentine slang for a man who works as an intermediate between poor people and political parties, in a clientelist relation. The miniseries received the Golden Martín Fierro Award.

Catfight

Tells the story of four prostitutes and their madama (pimp). Each with a different story.

Farsantes

Farsantes is a 2013 Argentine legal drama produced by Pol-ka Producciones and which aired on Canal 13.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V

Swing into action with Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V! Yuya Sakaki’s dream is to follow in his father’s footsteps and become the greatest “duel-tainer” in history – and he just might pull it off when he suddenly discovers Pendulum Summoning, a never-before-seen technique that lets him summon many monsters at once! But when countless rivals emerge to steal his spotlight, Yuya needs to gear up his game because dueling has evolved into a non-stop world of action! In the all-new Action Duels, monsters literally come to life with advancements in holographic technology! Duelists no longer stand by and let their monsters battle for them on the playing field - they now ride their monsters as they race through real locations to take down their opponents with their Action Cards! From exotic castles to dense jungles, Yuya and his friends better prepare for any possibility because there’s no telling where the next battle will be! Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V: Where dueling gets REAL!

Plotlands

Sold a small plot of land for a tiny outlay, Cockney widow Chloe Marsh and her two daughters flee the slums of post-war London for a better life in the country. But rural life in 1922 is hard. Chloe and her fellow pioneers have no mains water, no gas, no electricity, and no jobs. Forced to live in tents until they can afford a shack, they carve a community out of the hostile countryside.

La guerre des clans

The popular game show which has been around for some thirty years in the United States, presents two teams who square off in a duel of questions.

The Bronze Garden

Architect Fabián Danubio desperately tries to find his daughter, who has inexplicably disappeared leaving no trace.

A Rooster for Esculapio

A young working-class man comes from Misiones (an Argentinian province) to Buenos Aires, with a fighting rooster, looking for his brother, and gets involved with low life characters, who introduce him to a world of crime.

Tut's Treasures: Hidden Secrets

Howard Carter’s discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 made headlines across the world sparking a global frenzy for Ancient Egypt. But over the decades since the find, many of the pharaoh’s priceless grave goods have disappeared into museum basements and archives across Egypt. Now all 5,398 objects are being reunited for the first time since their discovery at the new Grand Egyptian Museum. Many have never been seen before but together they shed new light on the short, eventful life of the so-called ‘Boy King’ and are now helping experts realize the sheer scale of Tutankhamun’s influence in the ancient world.

The Kirlian Frequency

In the midnight hour, a lone DJ broadcasts the strangest and scariest tales from the outer edges of Kirlian, a lost city somewhere in Argentina.

Boca Juniors Confidential

Players, fans and staff of soccer powerhouse Boca Juniors provide an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at Argentina's legendary club.

Pasado de Copas (Drunk History)

A show where a drunk narrator tries telling an important event of the history of Argentina and Latin America.

Apache: La vida de Carlos Tevez

This gritty dramatization of the life of Carlos Tevez shows his rise to soccer stardom amid the harrowing conditions in Argentina's Fuerte Apache.

Puerta 7

A determined woman works to rid an Argentine soccer club of the violent crime and corruption surrounding its intense fanbase.

Victoria Small

Jazmín, Barbara, Emma and Selva lives are entwined with the birth of Victoria, a newborn girl who makes their wish come true. The daughter of an adoptive mom, a surrogate mother, a transgender sperm donor and a stranger in the right place at the right time, Victoria will find four ways of loving, feeling and wishing, while these four women will have to put their differences aside in order to raise her.

Millennials

Centered around 3 couples lives in Argentina as they deal with life, personal problems, and each other. Three boys work in the same office and each of their girlfriends end up becoming friends. Lies and drama build up and tie all of their lives together in a way.

Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy

Hours before denouncing Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of negotiating impunity of Iranians possibly involved in the AMIA bombing in 1994, prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found dead in his apartment in Buenos Aires.

Limbo

Lidia and Wally meet when she buys him his house. They fall in love, but Lidia lives in Madrid, Spain, and Wally in Neuquen, Argentina. Their Skype conversations are interrupted by glitches that happen in Lidia's computer. Wally begins to feel that Lidia is not quite right: she talks about presences in the house, voices talking in other rooms, people that -whenever the conversation is interrupted by glitches- want to hurt her. Soon Rodrigo appears in the story: he's Lidia's obsessed and stalker ex-boyfriend. Is he the mysterious presence, or is there something else lurking in the shadows?

El Presidente

Sergio Jadue, a lowly director of a small-town soccer club in Chile, unexpectedly finds himself at the head of the Chilean soccer association. Drunk with power, he becomes the protégé of soccer godfather Julio Grondona, as well as the FBI’s key to undoing the largest corruption scheme in the world of soccer.

Alejo y Valentina

Alejo & Valentina is an Argentine flash cartoon by Alejandro Szykula, created in 2002, aimed at teens and "adults with a childish mind". The animation style is very simplistic and the storylines are filled with nonsense humour, running gags and a random comedy tone. The main protagonists are Alejo and Valentina, characters based on the creator himself and his ex-girlfriend. Other characters include Carlitox and El Viejo. It is currently being aired on MTV Latin America, with new episodes being broadcast weekly. The show is now in its fourth season.

Dangerous Liaisons

Updated adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' classic 18th Century tale of seduction, betrayal and revenge set in the modern 1960s world of Parisian high society. The beautiful Madame de Merteuil seeks vengeance against her ex-lover Gercourt when he becomes engaged to her young goddaughter, Cécile.

Living Dances

Around the province of Córdoba and surrounding areas, Emiliano Zerbini will inquire about the value of keeping the native dances alive.

All Star Comedy Carnival

An annual Christmas special produced by ITV, containing new mini-episodes of popular British sitcoms and light entertainment programmes, with some musical interludes. It was hosted by Des O'Connor in 1969, Max Bygraves in 1970, Mike and Bernie Winters in 1971 and Jimmy Tarbuck in 1972 and 1973. Created as a direct competitor to the BBC's Christmas Night with the Stars, all had short five minute sketches devised and produced for transmission within the festive period, written by the original writers of each comedy series.

Black Beauty

Born free in the American West, Black Beauty is a horse rounded up and brought to Birtwick Stables, where she meets spirited teenager Jo Green. The two forge a bond that carries Beauty through the different chapters, challenges and adventures.

Sos mi hombre

the story follows Ringo, a former boxer going through economic problems while trying to gain custody of his son working as a firefighter, and Camila, a young doctor who works as a resident in public hospitals and helps a community dinning room.

The Challenge: All Stars

Twenty-two of the most iconic, boldest, and fiercest Challenge All Stars from the original The Real World and Road Rules return for a second chance at the ultimate competition as they vie for their shot at the $500,000 grand prize. Follow the competitors as they face unprecedented, over-the-top challenges set in the Andes Mountains of Argentina.

El maestro

El Maestro is an Argentine miniseries co-produced by Pol-ka Productions, Turner Broadcasting System, eltrece and Cablevisión, which is broadcast by TNT, since September 13, 2017. It stars Julio Chávez, in the role of Prat, a former classical dance dancer who knew how to be a world figure.

The Kingdom

After his running mate's murder, a controversial televangelist becomes Argentina's presidential candidate. But nothing about him is as holy as he seems.

Wild Argentina

Few countries in South America can boast to have such contrast and variety as Argentina. Diverse habitats such as Patagonia's bleak steppe, soaring Andean snowcaps, vast salt pans, lush rainforest around Iguazu Falls, steamy marshlands of Ibera, and grasslands of the Pampas support an astonishing range of wildlife - from penguins, whales and seals to condors, armadillos and guanacos.

The Fragility of Bodies

Veronica, a journalist from the newspaper Nuestro Tiempo, and her lover will begin a dangerous journey in search of truth related to the mysterious suicide of a train driver.

Reading Again Mafalda

This documentary series reveals the origin of Quino's iconic cartoon and his sources of inspiration. Through a combination of stock material, interviews with famous Mafalda fans, and testimonies from historians, editors, and Quino's friends and family, the series offers a fresh look at this classic through the Maitena, Liniers, Montt, Tute, Rep, Kemchs, and Raquel Riba Rossi's analysis.

Secrets of Summer

A remote Argentine resort revives its wakeboarding competition, drawing in Mexican athlete Steffi, who is determined to uncover a family secret.

El Tigre Veron

Miguel "The Tiger" Verón, a union leader from meat sector, has to risk everything against his employers and enemies from justice.

Protectors

In this Argentine dramedy set in the soccer world, three sports agents form an alliance in order to save their businesses. Together, they launch Protectores S.A., an agency that not only seeks to protect the financial interests of their players, but also strives to keep them away from unsavory temptations and "fix" the unexpected problems they kick their way into.

Duel: Hamilton vs Verstappen

A new original Sky Sports documentary telling the definitive story of the astonishing championship fight between Hamilton and Verstappen, featuring exclusive interviews with those at the centre of the epic battles, drama and huge controversy that shaped 2021.

Yosi, the Regretful Spy

An Argentinean intelligence agent infiltrates the Jewish community to gather information that is then allegedly used to perpetrate two of the worst terrorist attacks in Latin American history, leaving over 100 dead.

Jazmin's Touch

Inside her villa in Argentina, Jazmin is able to awaken her guests' sexual desires with a simple touch. People come and go but never forget their experience with her.

Santa Evita

After Eva Perón’s death in 1952, her corpse is held for three years awaiting the construction of a mausoleum — a resting place that would never be built. In 1955, the military seized control of Argentina and hid Perón’s body from the public, fearing that it would unite the country against them. But they never imagined that in doing so she would become more dangerous in death than she was in life.

Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

In 1922, the tomb of Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun was unearthed. Soon tales spread of a deadly jinx. Now the extraordinary scientific truth of the 'Pharaoh's Curse' is revealed.

María Marta: The Country Club Crime

Based on the true story of one of the most notorious crimes in Argentina, the series intimately follows all those involved in the case, and those who are still seeking an answer to the question: Who killed María Marta?

Argentine National Team, Road to Qatar

Argentina National Football Team is getting ready for the World Cup and opens the door to behind-the-scenes. The qualifiers, the Copa América, the Finalissima and match preparation for Qatar as never seen before.

A Gentleman in Moscow

Count Alexander Rostov finds himself going from riches to rags following the Russian revolution. A Soviet tribunal banishes him to the attic room of an opulent hotel, where, oblivious to the world outside, he discovers the true value of friendship, family and love.

The Boss

Eliseo is the superintendent of an upscale building. On the surface, is cordial and docile in his role, but underneath Eliseo believes himself the omnipotent figure of the community — meddling in the affairs of residents and pulling strings as he sees fit. Eliseo's only concern is protecting his job, which comes under threat by a proposed pool project.

Hombres de honor

Hombres de honor was a 2005 Argentine telenovela, produced by Pol-Ka and aired by El Trece. It was starred by Laura Novoa and Gabriel Corrado.

Let's not Talk About it

Argentine journalist Jorge Lanata investigates the subjects that are reshaping our present societies and our future ones as well. Topics such as euthanasia, technology, social media, happiness, and others are put under a microscope in this Spanish-language series.

Be Eternal: Champions of America

This series takes an unprecedented closeup look at Lionel Messi and the Argentine team's battle to break a 28-year title drought in 2021's Copa América.

The Stolen Cup

After investing all his savings to travel with his son to the World Cup, Lucho is shocked when the Argentine team gets disqualified from the games. He and a flashy group of losers, decide to devise a plan to steal the World Cup trophy.

The Challenge Australia

Hosted by Brihony Dawson and filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina, The Challenge Australia will see an algorithm randomly pair challengers to compete in gruelling physical contests, test strategies, survive eliminations, cutthroat alliances and steamy hook-ups to win daily challenges and eliminate their opponents.

Aerial Argentina

Venture into one of South America's most scenic locales, abundant in both dense cityscapes and rolling natural landscapes, and see the beauty of Argentina from a bird's eye view.

Poliladron

Gustavo "el Nene" Carrizo (Adrián Suar) is a con artist and opportunist, but he is also a friendly thief who wins people over with his incredible charisma and his desire to help others. He came to Argentina from Spain with the purpose of avenging the death of his father, assassinated by a gang of drug traffickers. And at the moment of carrying out his revenge, he ran into the police.

Ringo. Glory and Death

After a string of bad contacts, Argentina’s greatest heavyweight boxer, Oscar “Ringo” Bonavena, arrives in Nevada in 1976 seeking to restart his career. There, Ringo unknowingly stumbles into the criminal world of Joe Conforte, who promises Ringo a bright future. But a bright future would not come, nor a sought-after rematch against Ali, as the boxer would be found dead in three months' time.

LOL: Last One Laughing Argentina

The social experiment, hosted by Susana Giménez, seeks to find the next "10" of comedy and crown the first winner of LOL ARGENTINA. The one who laughs loses, and the one who provokes more laughs from his rivals will be the winner.

Time Switch

Paz is a self-centered influencer who arrives in the town of Água-Marinha, where she clashes with a local activist and is “canceled” for offensive insults. One hundred years earlier, in 1922, Cecília is facing a forced marriage — a life she doesn't want — in Água-Marinha after her parents’ death. Mysteriously, the universe gives the two women an exit as they are swapped into each other’s bodies.

Love After Music

No one can and should live without love. This biographical series chronicles the life and career of passionate, iconic Argentine rock star Fito Páez.

Argentina 2001

This Spanish-language series chronicles the politics and events leading up to the most severe economic and social crisis in Argentina’s history since its return to democracy. At the center of a government in crisis, a political appointee works as a liaison between the current administration and opposition party figures who seek to rise to power.

Amanda O

Amanda O is a comedy, an Internet television series in Argentina produced by Dori Media Group. The show features a cast headed by Natalia Oreiro as Amanda O and Luciano Castro as Dante. The show will be on internet at Novebox.com, with a summary on television issued by América 2. It consists of about 120 very short episodes, each approximately eight minutes long. This telenovela has characteristics of a nightmare, dystopia, and science fiction, being drastically different from standard telenovelas, at least approaching serious drama.

Son amores

Son amores is an Argentine telenovela originally broadcast between 2002-2003. It was produced by Pol-Ka Producciones & broadcast by Canal 13 in Argentina.

Los Vecinos en Guerra

Los Vecinos en Guerra (Spanish: Neighbors at War) is an Argentine television comedy starring Diego Torres, Eleonora Wexler and Mike Amigorena and originally aired on Underground contenidos.[1]

La Pelu

La Pelu is an Argentine humorous and current affairs program, which was broadcast live.

Desperate Housewives

Amas de Casa Desesperadas is an Argentine television series, that debuted on Canal 13 on August 30, 2006. Set in the fictional Manzanares Street, a suburb surrounding Buenos Aires, the series follows the lives of four housewives and the domestic problems and daily mysteries surrounding their husbands, friends and neighbors, which can be more sinister than they appear. The series' tone combines elements of drama, comedy, mystery, farce, soap opera and satire. Based on the American television series, Desperate Housewives, it was developed for Argentina by Buena Vista International and Pol-Ka Producciones. The show’s first season was broadcast by Canal 13 on Argentina, and also by other networks on Uruguay and Paraguay. On October 2006, Canal 13 renewed Amas de Casa Desesperadas for a second season, that will start filming on August 2007.

Cazados

The story of Mariano, a former footballer, now technical director, who has achieved fame and money. Mariano is a widower and father of three children. Despite the loss of his wife, his life went on happily until he received an unexpected turn: he learned that he was terminally ill. According to the doctors, his life expectancy can be extended to six months, and in view of this scenario, based on the law of equal marriage, he decides to offer marriage to Eugenio, his best friend, so that he can take care of his children, once that he is gone.

El Hincha

A middle-class young man joins the "brava bar" of a soccer club in the Buenos Aires suburbs, Argentina, and manages to ascend within the criminal structure until he reaches a place of leadership that he could never find in his own environment.

Susana Giménez

Susana Giménez, often shortened to SG, is an Argentine television talk show that has run nationally since 1987. Owned and hosted by its namesake, Susana Giménez, it remains one of the highest-rated TV shows in Argentine television history. Due to the popularity of the show, Giménez is usually compared to Oprah Winfrey. The TV show is one of the most successful in Latin America. The TV show is the only one in Latin America to receive dozens of international stars of Hollywood and Europe. Inspired by Pronto, Rafaella, hosted by Rafaella Carrá, the show was originally called Hola Susana and then Hola Susana, te estamos llamando. It has combined interviews, sketch comedy, games and live musical performances. Giménez has received national and international stars in what is known as her "living". In 1998 the show entered Guinness World Records because of all the letters Giménez received in her show, 32 million in total. Furthermore, during the first years of the show, telephone lines collapsed. Susana Giménez is one of the longest-running television talk shows in Argentine history. The show has received 21 Martín Fierro Awards, including the Golden Martín Fierro and Platinum Martín Fierro.

Tincho Fierro

Tincho is a teen vlogger who dreams of becoming Argentinian rock's next big star in this adaptation of "The Gaucho Martín Fierro" by José Hernández.

Golpe al Corazón

Golpe al Corazón es una próxima telenovela argentina producida por Enrique Estevanez para Telefe, protagonizada por Sebastián Estevanez y Eleonora Wexler.2​3​4​ Desde el lunes 10 de septiembre de 2017 a las 22:15hs. en Telefe.

ARA San Juan: The Submarine that Disappeared

Interviews with experts and relatives fuel this investigative docuseries about the tragic 2017 disappearance of a military submarine that shook the world.

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